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> This documentation is included with the current beta version of
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>, v.3.0.14,
 and is mostly complete at this point. The most up to date reference for the
 time being is still the comments in the source files and in the individual
 configuration files. Development of a new version is currently nearing
 completion, and includes significant changes and enhancements over
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> Since this is a beta version, not all new features are well tested. This
 documentation may be slightly out of sync as a result (especially with 
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> bugs, though hopefully
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> In addition to the core 
 features of ad blocking and 
 <A
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> management,
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> provides many supplemental
 features, some of them currently under development, 
 that give the end-user more control, more privacy and more freedom:</P
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>     Supports "Connection: keep-alive". Outgoing connections can
     be kept alive independently from the client. Currently not
     available on all platforms.
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>     Supports IPv6, provided the operating system does so too,
     and the configure script detects it.
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>     Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour
     based on client and server headers.
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>     Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need to
     configure browsers individually.
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>     Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server and client
     headers.
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>     Can be chained with other proxies.
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>   Integrated browser-based configuration and control utility at <A
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   (shortcut: <A
HREF="http://p.p/"
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>). Browser-based
   tracing of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling.
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>   Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on size,
   invisible <SPAN
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>   Modularized configuration that allows for standard settings and
   user settings to reside in separate files, so that installing updated
   actions files won't overwrite individual user settings.
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>   Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration files, and
   a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax.
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>   GIF de-animation.
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>   Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
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>   User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages (e.g. "blocked" page).
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>   Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
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>   Most features are controllable on a per-site or per-location basis.
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>   Many smaller new features added, limitations and bugs removed.
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